My story
Hi, my name is Sara Smits van Oyen-Irving. It’s taken me 30 years of adding in drops of Wellness one at a time to become a much more balanced person in my 50s. I don’t know everything, but I do know one thing: my Wellness journey will continue to support and care for me. It certainly did on the day I found out that both my Mother died and my position at work would be made redundant. I’m quite sure that this double whammy would have paralysed me with anxiety 15 years ago.
Instead of listening to my inner voice tell me “you’ll never find another job at 55”, “it’s all going downhill” or “you’re not good enough for that” I learned to flip my old energy sucking feedback loop on its head.
“This could be a great opportunity to find out who you are”
and “now’s the time to take the leap” were part of my new storytelling. I felt my feet planted on the ground and because of that stability, I gave myself the time and space to absorb the personal loss of my mother. Some months after leaving my job, I had the capacity to recognise my “aha” moment, lean into the fear and feel the sense of freedom at discovering my purpose in life.
Are you ready to take a leap?